Abstract: The instant invention provides an apparatus, and a method of its use, for enabling an instructor to train a student in learning a procedure which embodies at least two alternative sequences of steps and conditions. The invention, in order, enables the student to initiate the procedure; enables communication of at least one condition or an instruction required for prompting the student to initiate at least one step following in the sequence, at a time, to the student; enables the instructor to provide an alternative sequence; and, enables the student to initiate at least one step of said procedure in response to said alternative sequence.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for using a metaphor elicitation technique in conjunction with physiological function monitoring to elicit, organize and analyze data pertaining to a research topic. The metaphor elicitation technique process and apparatus is improved with the acquisition of data related to a user's physiological functioning. This data provides further insight and understanding which can be used in creating an appropriate marketing campaign for a product, improving inter-office communications and determining the presence of pre-existing biases or beliefs.

Abstract: A hybrid format for representing a video lesson which is transported from a first location to a second location across a communication channel includes a first item having a first format type and a second item having a second format type. The first format type is different from said second format type, yet the lesson can be played to the student as if it were a single contiguous data item. As such, efficiencies can be obtained in storage and transfer.

Abstract: A system and method for administering a composition problem in a language, such as English, to an examinee. The examinee is provided with textual items such as brief essays needing correction. The examinee selects a predetermined segment of the text and moves it to an editing window where the examinee may change the segment using standard word processing techniques. The segment may be deleted or modified and then replaced in the text. The examinee continues this process by selecting other predetermined text segments. When the examinee has finished selecting and editing all the segments that the examinee wishes to change, the examinee continues to the next textual item by, for example, pressing a “next” indicator. When all the textual items have been edited, scoring is performed by comparing the examinee's solutions to acceptable solutions stored in a database.